Quotes About Skepticism

In my opinion I think there's a difference between skepticism and cynicism; I tend to avoid cynicism because I feel it can err sometimes on the side of ignorance, by just disregarding something without actually seeing it or experiencing it first-hand.

Well, I had a small degree, that little infection of skepticism about America which resides in the minds of even America's closest friends. That America can't be quite as good as it says it is. And why does it need so relentlessly to keep saying how good it is?

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.

I'd say there was a fair amount of skepticism at the time about whether the Internet held any promise. And of course I felt that it did.

I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.

We should distinguish carefully skepticism about Big Government from contempt for all government.

I just feel that if I'm English and writing about an American president, I have got to have someone on my side who can help me out when I'm lapsing into lazy or obvious European skepticism.

I think my father's skepticism fueled me to work harder.

When you try to create something different, there is always a mix of enthusiasm and skepticism, and I think this is fair.

My skepticism doesn't come from no one. There's a root to it, and it's my family.

Rigorous skepticism is a prerequisite for good science, just as it is for good journalism.

I think I have an inbuilt British skepticism.

The fellow that agrees with everything you say is either a fool or he is getting ready to skin you.

In love the deceit generally outstrips the distrust.

I no longer believe that William Shakespeare the actor from Stratford was the author of the works that have been ascribed to him.

Sometimes we have to behave indifferent towards people who proclaim their love to us, just to see if they are really different.

Since childhood I'd been suspected of imagination

A man imagines a happy marriage as a marriage of love; even if he makes fun of marriages that are without love, or feels sorry for lovers who are without marriage.

Love is an affair of credulity.

Love is getting to be cynical, passion's just physical.

Morality consists of suspecting other people of not being legally married.

Doubt of the reality of love ends by making us doubt everything.

Lover please do not fall to your knees it's not like I believe in everlasting love

While I love the medium, I've always been skeptical about the value of blogs as businesses.